“1990s Japan arcade fighting game boom and the rise of legendary player Daigo Umehara.”
Umehara: To Live Is to Game
ウメハラ To live is to game
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1990s Japan arcade fighting game boom and the rise of legendary player Daigo Umehara.
The decade is the '90s, and fighting games are taking Japan by storm. Against the backdrop of this fighting game frenzy, gamers gather day and night at the arcades to test their mettle. And amidst the fervor, one boy meets his destiny... An exciting dramatization about the real life fighting game legend Daigo Umehara.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Sep 2013 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M23807 catalog